lachrymal

5 definitions found

lachrymal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lachrymatory \Lach"ry*ma*to*ry\, n.; pl. -ries. [Cf. F.
     lacrymatoire.] (Antiq.)
     A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers
     of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that
     the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in
     it. Called also lachrymal or lacrymal.
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  Lachrymal \Lach"ry*mal\, a. [Cf. F. lacrymal. See Lachrymose.]
     1. Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions.
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     2. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the
        lachrymal gland.
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     3. (Anat.) Pertaining to the lachrymal[2] organs; as,
        lachrymal bone; lachrymal duct.
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  Lachrymal \Lach"ry*mal\, Lacrymal \Lac"ry*mal\, n.
     See Lachrymatory.
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lachrymal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lachrymal
      adj 1: of or relating to tears [syn: lacrimal, lachrymal]
      2: relating to or located near the organ that produces tears
         [syn: lacrimal, lachrymal]

lachrymal - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "lachrymal":
     bloody, blubbering, chylifactive, chylifactory, chylific, crying,
     dissolved in tears, excretory, humoral, ichorous, in tears,
     lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, phlegmy,
     purulent, pussy, ready to cry, rheumy, salivant, salivary,
     salivous, sanious, secretional, secretive, secretory, seminal,
     serous, sialagogic, sniveling, sobbing, spermatic, suppurated,
     suppurating, suppurative, tearful, tearlike, teary, watering,
     watery, weeping, weepy, whimpering, with eyes suffused